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06/03/2004 04:08:22 AM · #1 |
I was wondering if anyone knows of some software that packages pictures together into a slideshow, and gives you the option of adding an audio track as well. Similar to Premiere I guess, but for photo's instead of film. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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06/03/2004 04:12:25 AM · #2 |
Windows moviemaker or Microsoft plus digital media pack,
Both are exremely useful.
Paul.
typo edit.
Message edited by author 2004-06-03 04:17:11.
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06/03/2004 05:14:42 AM · #3 |
Adobe PhotoShop Album also allows you to do this, in a basic way. If you're looking for a way to also catalog your images, this would be an option to consider.
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06/03/2004 06:10:47 AM · #4 |
iPhoto, which comes on every Mac, lets you do this. You can save the slideshow as a QuickTime movie. It's nice, but probably not a good enough reason all by itself to make someone swtch platforms.:-)
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06/03/2004 06:43:24 AM · #5 |
Pinnacle Studio is a really good program for slideshows...I've made several, for my kids' birthdays, Christmas, whatever. It's not outrageously expensive as some of those packages go, and it's a really nice video editing software package as well. :o)
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06/03/2004 07:05:55 AM · #6 |
ProShow Gold
It outputs in a ton of formats (including executable slideshows, screen savers, Video CD, DVD, web... you name it) and it allows you to very easily sync transitions to music, add text/captions and do Ken Burns-style Pan/Zooms of still pictures to provide interest. That feature alone is worth the price of admission, since those type of slideshows are much nicer than "static picture for 5 seconds - transition - static picture for 5 seconds - transition..." And it is easy enough that you can have a slideshow going in a matter of minutes. =]
Click here for a sample slideshow created with ProShow
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06/03/2004 07:11:30 AM · #7 |
| IrfanView will allow you to create a slideshow, and add music. You can save this file as an executable which will play on any PC, or you can save it to CD (as a VCD) using Nero Burning ROM. It is a little fiddly though, but is completely free. You can also use IrfanView to save your slideshow as a screensaver. |
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06/03/2004 09:59:10 AM · #8 |
Video Explosion Deluxe ($79) is a very inexpensive Adobe Premiere type video editing software. It is great for slide shows.
With it you can create professional looking slide shows easily and quickly that are rendered into standalone videos. It allows multiple audio and video tracks with full musical transition controls and titleing. It has a large library of video clips (good for intros and endings), music and sound effects.
I've used it to create several slide shows and was very pleased with the results.
Message edited by author 2004-06-03 10:00:04.
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06/03/2004 10:20:11 AM · #9 |
As I said earlier, MS Plus digital edition "photostory" is excellent, you can insert sound and video alongside still photos, the zoom facility for stills is good and no problems with the software, not sure of the current price but I bought it last year for less than £20
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06/03/2004 10:27:55 AM · #10 |
Thanks Paul for redirecting me--I didn't see this timely thread (I searched the general category). Here's my post again:
I am doing my daughter's crew banquet slide show again this year. Since I just hosed the firewire interface on my Video camera (another long story), I guess it will be all slides this year. So I wanted to jazz up the still slides.
I've recently become enamored with the Ken Burns effect in Slide shows. This effect shows your photos as though it were shot with a video camera, and during the slide show the camera pans around or zooms in and out of the photo. This can really bring a single photo to life, and seems to me much more effective than the fancy transitions of most slide shows.
After reading Maximum PC, I tried the trial for MemoriesOnTV and like it pretty well. However, to use it I have to cough up $50 with the required MPEG2 encoder ($40 without). I also found a free tool SSMM, which is a lot more work to setup each show but equally flexible and powerful for output.
I also found that MS Plus Digital Media Edition has PhotoStory, which does Ken Burns effects. Yet, I don't really like installing MS software anymore--in the end it usually disappoints and puts a lot of system files on which can trash your Windows installation, so I was wary of installing the free Limited Edition (which as it turns out it requires that you also install media player 9, point proven!)
To make a long story/question short, has anyone found an inexpensive or free slide show program that produces jazzy slide shows and includes the Ken Burns effect? Also, let me know if it does this automatically--MemoriesOnTV does this automatically, you don't have to set start and end points, though you can. (You can try this software completely free--the only caveat is the EVALUATION SOFTWARE text that appears (and blocks) the middle part of the screen in previews and output.
Thanks in advance! |
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06/03/2004 10:30:17 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by nicoledb:
Adobe PhotoShop Album also allows you to do this, in a basic way. If you're looking for a way to also catalog your images, this would be an option to consider. |
Does PS Elements 2.0 have any such option? |
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06/03/2004 10:30:31 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by dhare:
I was wondering if anyone knows of some software that packages pictures together into a slideshow, and gives you the option of adding an audio track as well. Similar to Premiere I guess, but for photo's instead of film. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-Dan |
Premiere will do it with photos also. just drag and drop jpgs in as you would video. I've done a few this way, and it works very well. |
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06/03/2004 10:41:22 AM · #13 |
Quick Time Pro ($26 download) lets you do this pretty easily and it can be placed in web pages. I have an example here.
It's not great. You need QT to view it and don't bother if you have a slow dial-up connection.
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06/03/2004 12:33:44 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
iPhoto, which comes on every Mac, lets you do this. You can save the slideshow as a QuickTime movie. It's nice, but probably not a good enough reason all by itself to make someone swtch platforms.:-) |
its as good a reason as any to make the switch;)
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06/03/2004 12:45:25 PM · #15 |
Windows Movie Maker comes with every Windows computer, and it is the easiest thing in the world to use. You can save your file as a WMV file (almost useless), or as an .AVI file (universally used). No problem at all, and easy to burn on DVD or VCD. Did I mention it's free and easy? Easy to add music, easy to add effects. And free.
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06/05/2004 03:07:18 AM · #16 |
I use Microsoft Plus Digital Media Edition, Plus Photo Story. Cheap, easy to use, and good enough for me.
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